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Aircraft Noise Distribution as a Fairness Dilemma — A Review of Aircraft Noise through the Lens of Social Justice Research

Hauptvogel, Dominik ; Bartels, Susanne ; Schreckenberg, Dirk ; Rothmund, Tobias (2021)
Aircraft Noise Distribution as a Fairness Dilemma — A Review of Aircraft Noise through the Lens of Social Justice Research.
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (14)
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147399
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Abstract

Aircraft noise exposure is a health risk and there is evidence that noise annoyance partly mediates the association between noise exposure and stress-related health risks. Thus, approaches to reduce annoyance may be beneficial for health. Annoyance is influenced by manifold non-acoustic factors and perceiving a fair and trustful relationship between the airport and its residents may be one of them. The distribution of aircraft noise exposure can be regarded as a fairness dilemma: while residents living near an airport may seem to have some advantages, the majority of residents living under certain flight routes or in their immediate proximity suffer from the disadvantages of the airport, especially the noise. Moreover, a dilemma exists between the airport’s beneficial economic impact for a region and the physical and psychological integrity of residents. Aircraft noise exposure through the lens of social justice research can help to improve our understanding of noise annoyance. Research indicates that the fairness perceptions of the parties involved can be enhanced by (a) improving individual cost–benefit ratios, (b) providing a fair procedure for deciding upon the noise distribution, and (c) implementing fair social interaction with residents. Based on the review of evidence from social justice research, we derive recommendations on how fairness aspects can be integrated into aircraft noise management with the purpose of improving the relationship between the airport and its residents, to reduce annoyance, and to enhance the acceptance of local aviation and the airport as a neighbor.

Item Type: Article
Erschienen: 2021
Creators: Hauptvogel, Dominik ; Bartels, Susanne ; Schreckenberg, Dirk ; Rothmund, Tobias
Type of entry: Bibliographie
Title: Aircraft Noise Distribution as a Fairness Dilemma — A Review of Aircraft Noise through the Lens of Social Justice Research
Language: English
Date: 2021
Place of Publication: Basel
Publisher: MDPI
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume of the journal: 18
Issue Number: 14
Collation: 18 Seiten
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18147399
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Abstract:

Aircraft noise exposure is a health risk and there is evidence that noise annoyance partly mediates the association between noise exposure and stress-related health risks. Thus, approaches to reduce annoyance may be beneficial for health. Annoyance is influenced by manifold non-acoustic factors and perceiving a fair and trustful relationship between the airport and its residents may be one of them. The distribution of aircraft noise exposure can be regarded as a fairness dilemma: while residents living near an airport may seem to have some advantages, the majority of residents living under certain flight routes or in their immediate proximity suffer from the disadvantages of the airport, especially the noise. Moreover, a dilemma exists between the airport’s beneficial economic impact for a region and the physical and psychological integrity of residents. Aircraft noise exposure through the lens of social justice research can help to improve our understanding of noise annoyance. Research indicates that the fairness perceptions of the parties involved can be enhanced by (a) improving individual cost–benefit ratios, (b) providing a fair procedure for deciding upon the noise distribution, and (c) implementing fair social interaction with residents. Based on the review of evidence from social justice research, we derive recommendations on how fairness aspects can be integrated into aircraft noise management with the purpose of improving the relationship between the airport and its residents, to reduce annoyance, and to enhance the acceptance of local aviation and the airport as a neighbor.

Uncontrolled Keywords: fairness, justice, procedural, distributional, informational, interpersonal, aircraft noise, aviation, annoyance
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This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental Noise and Annoyance

Classification DDC: 100 Philosophy and psychology > 150 Psychology
600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 610 Medicine and health
Divisions: 03 Department of Human Sciences
03 Department of Human Sciences > Institute for Psychology
03 Department of Human Sciences > Institute for Psychology > Engineering psychology research group!
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